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  • Published: 6 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529968682
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $55.00
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Thirsty

100 Great Wines and Stories by the Wine Guy

  • Tom Gilbey



The internet’s most charismatic wine expert shares hilarious life, wine and food stories

This is not a wine book – this is a book about making a good life, and the great bottles you might sip while you do so. For Tom Gilbey, the two are inseparable. Hailing from the first British family to own a vineyard and chateau in Burgundy in the 1800s, having a taste for wine is part of the Gilbey DNA. In this book, Tom takes you under the bonnet of a wine dealer, charting lessons from his three decades in the wine business and five decades on the planet. From how to detect if a batch of wine is \"good shit\", to maybe killing George Michael to falling in love and using wine knowledge as a courting method, Tom is here to level up your vino game with 100 wines and myriad anecdotes that will have you rolling on the floor. Along the way, you may also become a pro at ordering from any wine list, skipping wines that aren’t worth the cost in the wine aisle and getting a great deal on the good stuff.

  • Published: 6 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529968682
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $55.00
Categories:

Praise for Thirsty

An enormously entertaining read

Spectator

This engaging book…woven with lots of inspiration for the wannabe wine buff, is a significant achievement

Country Life

[An] entertaining autobiographical book

Daily Telegraph

Fascinating… There are laugh-out-loud moments, and real excitement and heart in this book… a full-bodied book that’s really got legs

Mail on Sunday

A vibrant memoir-meets-guide bursting with 100 unforgettable wines and even juicier stories behind them

Cornwall Living